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Internet Archive is trending for yet another day and I really think @KyleKCourtney explaining the issues here surrounding CDL and the lawsuit could be helpful in clearing some issues up (including Chuck Wendig still getting dogpiled for criticizing the IA)
059 - Open Library and Controlled Digital Lending feat. @KyleKCourtney
This week we have Kyle K. Courtney to talk about Controlled Digital Lending, Open Library, and the encroaching AI threat.
librarypunk.gay/e/059-open-l…
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Very excited to publish this piece on #ControlledDigitalLending and the @internetarchive case with @thehill @TheHillOpinion. Please have a read: "If Publishers Have Their Way, #Libraries' Digital Options Will See Major Cuts" #CDL thehill.com/opinion/technolo…
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Our Library VP and University Librarian Martha Whitehead, who chairs the Confederation of Open Access Repositories, says a new grant will enable @COAR_eV "to introduce significant innovation into the broad repository landscape in support of research." Read more about the funding:
COAR welcomes significant funding for the Notify Project coar-repositories.org/news-u… @ArcadiaFund
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In this session, @DigLibCopyright (@DukeLibraries) and @KyleKCourtney (@OSCHarvard)—authors of the original controlled digital lending (CDL) white paper—will explain the basic CDL framework & review recent developments in law & policy.
⤵️ Register here. oc.lc/3r0Op76
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We are incredibly excited to host our UK colleagues @jsecker & @cbowiemorrison w/ their blog post "#FairDealingWeek Makes a Home Coming." Read about UK #copyright, fair dealing & the plans for the UK's first full week of #fairdealing events! blogs.harvard.edu/copyrighto… #fairuseweek
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This Fair Use Week we teamed up with the @ssrc_org #MediaWell project to ask experts to reflect on how fair use supports research and journalism, & how #FairUse can help combat misinformation. Follow #FairUseWeek & @FairUseWeek for new content each day! ow.ly/4XRN50HZ6z3
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It's the 9th Annual #FairUseWeek! We are kicking off the celebration of #FairUse with a post by #copyright expert @kcrews exploring "Fair Use and Small Claims: Getting Ready for the Big Deal" blogs.harvard.edu/copyrighto…
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New #HarvardContagionProject article in @HLBJournal: Taylor M. Moore writes on Egyptian old wives' tales, a mysterious medicine bundle in the @HarvardMuseums, & the connections "between histories of medicine ... & histories of anthropology & collecting": buff.ly/36p4iNo
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New to @HLBJournal and #HarvardContagionProject: @Stanford #historian Paula Findlen on the 17th-c. Jesuit Athanasius Kircher, first to study plague under the #microscope—and then wrote a book about it. @HMSCountway holds an original edition. Read more: buff.ly/33A6K2w
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20 years ago today the BOAI offered the first definition of #OpenAccess. To mark the anniversary, in consultation with the community, the BOAI20 Steering Committee will be releasing a new set of recommendations, reflections & resources in the coming weeks. tinyurl.com/33ztejue
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The AAP's lawsuit represents a pattern of behavior that demonstrates the commercial publishing industry’s continued disdain for the librarians, educators, and the public who simply want resources to provide access to materials. Read our statement. 👇🏾 libraryfutures.net/post/stat…
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Update. Here's the @HarvardLibrary announcement, covering the changes to my role & to the @OSCHarvard.
staff.library.harvard.edu/bl…
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For #OAWeek our Managing Editor @jgolds2 talked about her volunteer work for #JeSLIB and all things #OpenAccess publishing. 🧡 Check it out! ⬇️
New from In Practice: Julie Goldman @jgolds2 & Mitch Nakaue share their perspectives as Managing Editors for @JeSLIBJournal & @HLBJournal, respectively.
Go behind the scenes with these no-fee #OpenAccess journals! 👀
Read it here: osc-harvard.pubpub.org/pub/i…
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📣 An exciting new interview with our own Apurva Ashok was just released! Read the 'In Practice' interview by @oscharvard here: osc-harvard.pubpub.org/pub/i…
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Happening this Friday! Register via link in original Tweet if you haven't already. #DataAndDonuts
Friday, Nov. 12 // #DataAndDonuts
@DrZimmermann (@CarrCenter & @UoYPhilosophy) discusses their current project, “The Power of Choosing Not to Build: Justice, Non-Deployment, and the Purpose of AI Optimization.”
Details + registration: ken.sc/d-d_zimmermann
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All IPLC partners will provide financial support for arXiv.org in 2022. @arxiv's open access to research and focus on research and education – not profit – aligns with IPLC’s mission and partnership’s strategic priorities: ivpluslibraries.org/2021/11/…
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After a two-year hiatus, this year @HoughtonLib relaunched its Visiting Fellowship Program! The program offers scholars (at all career stages) funding to pursue projects that require in-depth research on the library’s holdings. Learn more and apply at buff.ly/2XC94Tw
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A video interview with @petersuber
- "Unlocking Knowledge for Social Equity" for #OpenAccessWeek2021 now live at: vimeo.com/641721827 @SPARC_NA @SPARC_EU @openaccess_anz @oatp
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The missions and mode of #ControlledDigitalLending mirror the missions and mode of #libraries, traditionally, in general. It supports efficiency, education, equity, promoting rights for marginalised communities: @KyleKCourtney at @gcip_2021 youtube.com/watch?v=pq0RmfeH…
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We're tweet storming about the future of libraries in support of the #IA2046 campaign! What do you think will be going on with libraries in 25 years? Will we move toward a more equitable future or continue the current trend toward knowledge lockdown?
Answer below 👇🏾
Hey @library_futures, what's going on with you in 2046? How are libraries faring? #IA2046 @little_wow